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(#) App Indexing Background Services

!!! WARNING: App Indexing Background Services
   This is a warning.

Id
:   `AppIndexingService`
Summary
:   App Indexing Background Services
Severity
:   Warning
Category
:   Correctness
Platform
:   Android
Vendor
:   Android Open Source Project
Feedback
:   https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/new?component=192708
Since
:   3.1.0 (March 2018)
Affects
:   Manifest files
Editing
:   This check runs on the fly in the IDE editor
See
:   https://firebase.google.com/docs/app-indexing/android/personal-content#add-a-broadcast-receiver-to-your-app
Implementation
:   [Source Code](https://cs.android.com/android-studio/platform/tools/base/+/mirror-goog-studio-main:lint/libs/lint-checks/src/main/java/com/android/tools/lint/checks/ManifestDetector.kt)
Tests
:   [Source Code](https://cs.android.com/android-studio/platform/tools/base/+/mirror-goog-studio-main:lint/libs/lint-tests/src/test/java/com/android/tools/lint/checks/ManifestDetectorTest.kt)

Apps targeting Android 8.0 or higher can no longer rely on background
services while listening for updates to the on-device index. Use a
`BroadcastReceiver` for the `UPDATE_INDEX` intent to continue supporting
indexing in your app.

(##) Example

Here is an example of lint warnings produced by this check:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~text
src/main/AndroidManifest.xml:10:Warning: UPDATE_INDEX is configured as a
service in your app, which is no longer supported for the API level
you're targeting. Use a BroadcastReceiver instead. [AppIndexingService]
    &lt;action android:name="com.google.firebase.appindexing.UPDATE_INDEX" /&gt;
            -----------------------------------------------------------
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Here are the relevant source files:

`src/main/AndroidManifest.xml`:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~xml linenumbers
&lt;manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    package="com.example.helloworld" &gt;
    &lt;uses-sdk android:targetSdkVersion="26" /&gt;
    &lt;application
        android:label="@string/app_name"
        android:allowBackup="false"
        android:theme="@style/AppTheme" &gt;
        &lt;service android:name=".MyService"&gt;
              &lt;intent-filter&gt;
                  &lt;action android:name="com.google.firebase.appindexing.UPDATE_INDEX" /&gt;
              &lt;/intent-filter&gt;
        &lt;/service&gt;
    &lt;/application&gt;

&lt;/manifest&gt;
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

`build.gradle`:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~groovy linenumbers
apply plugin: 'com.android.application'

dependencies {
    compile 'com.google.firebase:firebase-appindexing:11.0.4'
}
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

You can also visit the
[source code](https://cs.android.com/android-studio/platform/tools/base/+/mirror-goog-studio-main:lint/libs/lint-tests/src/test/java/com/android/tools/lint/checks/ManifestDetectorTest.kt)
for the unit tests for this check to see additional scenarios.

The above example was automatically extracted from the first unit test
found for this lint check, `ManifestDetector.testAppIndexingTargetSdk26`.
To report a problem with this extracted sample, visit
https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/new?component=192708.

(##) Suppressing

You can suppress false positives using one of the following mechanisms:

* Adding the suppression attribute `tools:ignore="AppIndexingService"`
  on the problematic XML element (or one of its enclosing elements).
  You may also need to add the following namespace declaration on the
  root element in the XML file if it's not already there:
  `xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"`.

  ```xml
  &lt;?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?&gt;
  &lt;manifest xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"&gt;
      ...
      &lt;application tools:ignore="AppIndexingService" .../&gt;
    ...
  &lt;/manifest&gt;
  ```

* Using a special `lint.xml` file in the source tree which turns off
  the check in that folder and any sub folder. A simple file might look
  like this:
  ```xml
  &lt;?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?&gt;
  &lt;lint&gt;
      &lt;issue id="AppIndexingService" severity="ignore" /&gt;
  &lt;/lint&gt;
  ```
  Instead of `ignore` you can also change the severity here, for
  example from `error` to `warning`. You can find additional
  documentation on how to filter issues by path, regular expression and
  so on
  [here](https://googlesamples.github.io/android-custom-lint-rules/usage/lintxml.md.html).

* In Gradle projects, using the DSL syntax to configure lint. For
  example, you can use something like
  ```gradle
  lintOptions {
      disable 'AppIndexingService'
  }
  ```
  In Android projects this should be nested inside an `android { }`
  block.

* For manual invocations of `lint`, using the `--ignore` flag:
  ```
  $ lint --ignore AppIndexingService ...`
  ```

* Last, but not least, using baselines, as discussed
  [here](https://googlesamples.github.io/android-custom-lint-rules/usage/baselines.md.html).

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